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3.4 REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION, GEARBOX FRONT COVER OIL SEAL

Removing gearbox front cover oil seal
1.

Remove the gearbox.

2.

Remove the attachment bolts from the 

gearbox front cover. Remove the gearbox 

front cover. Clean the contact surfaces of the 

gearbox front cover and the gearbox 

housing.

3.

Remove the oil seal from the gearbox front 

cover.

Installing gearbox front cover oil seal
1.

Fit the seal in the gearbox front cover using 

special tool (DAF no. 1329354).

2.

Apply sealant to the contact surface of the 

gearbox front cover. Fit the gearbox front 

cover. Tighten the bolts to the specified 

torque. See "Technical data".

3.

Fit the gearbox.

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3.5 REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION, SELECTOR SHAFT OIL SEAL

Removing selector shaft oil seal

1.

Mark the position of the shifting arm (1) 

relative to the selector shaft (17).

2.

Remove the selector shaft lever with the 

gearbox control attached to it. If necessary, 

disconnect the torque rod.

3.

Remove the rubber sleeve (2).

4.

Drain the air reservoirs and remove the air 

connection from the selector shaft housing.

5.

Remove the bleed control valve and pin (16).

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6.

Remove the attachment bolts from the 

selector shaft housing (15) and remove it.

7.

Place the housing in a soft-jawed vice.

8.

Remove the retaining cover (5) and pull out 

the retaining spring (6) and pin (7).

9.

Remove the bleeder (20).

10. Remove the end cover (14) and the spring 

clip (13).

11. Remove the spring holders (11), the springs 

(12) and the spring clip (10).

12. Turn the selector shaft housing over and 

drive the plug (8) out of the housing.

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13. Turn the selector shaft housing over and 

drive the pin (19) out of the selector finger 

(18) and selector shaft (17) via the plug 

opening. Remove the selector finger and the 

selector shaft.

14. Remove the oil seal (3) from the selector 

shaft housing. If necessary, the selector 

shaft bearing bushes (4) and (9) can now 

also be removed using a suitable puller.

Installing selector shaft oil seal

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